August 26, 2024

RCM: Level 2 Fall or Spring

Lesson Assignments:

  1. 🎉💚“SIGHTREADING 00 62-95” Ieft off on page 4

    1. Do one “Day” for each practice session.

    2. Continue on from page 7

    3. GO NO FASTER THAN M.M. 50 PER QUARTER NOTE

  2. 🎉💚“RCM Technical Requirements Level 02”

    1. Two octave scales: (follow the PDF in Newzik)

    2. Practice with the metronome:

      1. Start at m.m. 54 per two notes

      2. Move to 60, then 66, then 72, 76 and finally 80

  1. 💚Theory Level 2

    1. Prepare Unit 1, complete from page 3 to the end.

  2. 💚Minuet was n G Major by JS Bach (L. 2, A)

    1. Practice in 2-4 measure chunks, three times correctly, each day.

  3. 💚FOUR STAR Level 1:

    1. PREPARE Sets 10

  4. 💚Ecossaise in G Major by LV Beethoven (L. 2, A)

    1. Fix green pen

  5. 🖤Farewell op. 98 no 4 by Aleksandr Grechaninov (L. 2, B)

  6. 🖤Atacama Desert by Wynn-Anne Rossi (L. 2, B)

    1. Prepare Set 6

REVIEW

💚Review once a week with your music. You don’t need to review all of them in ONE practice session - just one PER WEEK.

  1. 💚Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

  2. 💚Canon by Carlton Elliott

  3. 💚Early One Morning (Level 1, B)

  4. 💚Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

  5. 💚Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

  6. 💚💚Sleigh Bells by Christine Donkin (b. 1976) (L. A)

  7. 💚💚What’s That Noise? B by Martha Mier (b. 1936) (L. A)

  8. 💚💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

  9. 💚💚To Fly Like and Eagle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. B)

  10. 💜💚💚The Haunted Mouse by Nancy and Randall Faber (b. 1955; 1954)(L. A)

  11. 💚💚The Lively Boy by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813)(L. A)

RCMCP: May 29, 2024, 3:00 pm

  1. List A: Bourrée in D Minor

  2. List B: Early One Morning

  3. List C: Canon

  4. Etude: Celebration

August 22, 2024

RCM: Level 2 Fall or Spring

Lesson Assignments:

  1. 🎉💚“SIGHTREADING 00 62-95” Ieft off on page 4

    1. Do one “Day” for each practice session.

    2. Continue on from page 2

    3. GO NO FASTER THAN M.M. 50 PER QUARTER NOTE

  2. 🎉💚“RCM Technical Requirements Level 02”

    1. Two octave scales: (follow the PDF in Newzik)

    2. RH: tuck your thumb under a bit sooner before it needs to play. Careful not to twist your wrist too much!

    3. Focus is: keeping wrists up and steady (don’t move it up and down).

      1. CLOSE LOUD

      2. STACCATO

      3. LEGATO

  1. 💚Theory Level 2

    1. Prepare Unit 1

  2. 🎉💚Minuet was n G Major by JS Bach (L. 2, A)

    1. Practice / watch the video I texted your mom and dad. I’m looking for proper wrist movement.

    2. Review the rest of the piece SLOWLY once per day. Fix any remaining pen.

  3. 🎉💜FOUR STAR Level 1:

    1. PREPARE Sets 9

  4. 💚Ecossaise in G Major by LV Beethoven (L. 2, A)

    1. Learn as much as you can hands alone.

  5. 🖤Farewell op. 98 no 4 by Aleksandr Grechaninov (L. 2, B)

  6. 🖤Atacama Desert by Wynn-Anne Rossi (L. 2, B)

    1. Prepare Set 6

REVIEW

💚Review once a week with your music. You don’t need to review all of them in ONE practice session - just one PER WEEK.

  1. 💚Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

  2. 💚Canon by Carlton Elliott

  3. 💚Early One Morning (Level 1, B)

  4. 💚Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

  5. 💚Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

  6. 💚💚Sleigh Bells by Christine Donkin (b. 1976) (L. A)

  7. 💚💚What’s That Noise? B by Martha Mier (b. 1936) (L. A)

  8. 💚💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

  9. 💚💚To Fly Like and Eagle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. B)

  10. 💜💚💚The Haunted Mouse by Nancy and Randall Faber (b. 1955; 1954)(L. A)

  11. 💚💚The Lively Boy by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813)(L. A)

RCMCP: May 29, 2024, 3:00 pm

  1. List A: Bourrée in D Minor

  2. List B: Early One Morning

  3. List C: Canon

  4. Etude: Celebration

July 10, 2024 (60 min)

  1. 🎉💚“SIGHTREADING 00 62-95”

    1. Do one “Day” for each practice session.

    2. Continue on from page 2

    3. GO NO FASTER THAN M.M. 50 PER QUARTER NOTE

  2. 🎉💚“RCM Technical Requirements Level 02”

    1. Two octave scales: (follow the PDF in Newzik)

    2. Focus is: keeping wrists up and steady (don’t move it up and down).

      1. CLOSE LOUD

      2. STACCATO

      3. LEGATO

  1. 💚Theory Level 1

    1. Prepare all of Unit 8 and remember you’ll have a quiz on any of the musical terms and symbols.

  2. 🎉💚Minuet was n G Major by JS Bach (L. 2, A)

    1. Fix green, red and blue pen.

    2. Learn to the very end of the piece, hands alone, then together, 1-2 measures at a time.

      1. Focus on Notes and Fingering first.

      2. Remember which notes are detached and which are legato.

      3. Play softly

      4. Go slowly

  3. 🎉💚FOUR STAR Level 1:

    1. PREPARE Sets 7 and 8

  4. 💚Ecossaise in G Major by LV Beethoven (L. 2, A)

    1. Using Theory, Level 1, Unit 8 questions as a guide, create your own set of questions for Ecossaise. Do this AFTER you’ve studied the piece - looking for things like time signature, key signature, intervals, dynamics, special terms, etc.

  5. 🖤Farewell op. 98 no 4 by Aleksandr Grechaninov (L. 2, B)

  6. 🖤Atacama Desert by Wynn-Anne Rossi (L. 2, B)

    1. Prepare Set 6

REVIEW

💚Review once a week with your music. You don’t need to review all of them in ONE practice session - just one PER WEEK.

  1. 💚Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

  2. 💚Canon by Carlton Elliott

  3. 💚Early One Morning (Level 1, B)

  4. 💚Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

  5. 💚Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

  6. 💚💚Sleigh Bells by Christine Donkin (b. 1976) (L. A)

  7. 💚💚What’s That Noise? B by Martha Mier (b. 1936) (L. A)

  8. 💚💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

  9. 💚💚To Fly Like and Eagle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. B)

  10. 💜💚💚The Haunted Mouse by Nancy and Randall Faber (b. 1955; 1954)(L. A)

  11. 💚💚The Lively Boy by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813)(L. A)

RCMCP: May 29, 2024, 3:00 pm

  1. List A: Bourrée in D Minor

  2. List B: Early One Morning

  3. List C: Canon

  4. Etude: Celebration

June 13 & 20, 2024

  1. 💚“SIGHTREADING 00 46-61”

    1. Do one “Day” for each practice session.

    2. Continue on from page 9

    3. GO NO FASTER THAN M.M. 50 PER QUARTER NOTE

  2. 💚“RCM Technical Requirements Level 02”

    1. Two octave scales: E Minor Harmonic & Melodic RH and LH alone

    2. Melodic = raised 6th and 7th scale degrees on the way up and lowered on the way down

    3. Harmonic = raised 7th scale degree on the way up AND down.

      1. CLOSE LOUD

      2. STACCATO

      3. LEGATO

  1. 💚Theory Level 1

    1. Prepare all of Unit 7

  2. 💚Minuet was n G Major by JS Bach (L. 2, A)

    1. Fix the blue and red pen in measures 1-8

    2. Learn measures 9-12 hands alone, then together, 1-2 measures at a time.

      1. Focus on Notes and Fingering first.

      2. Remember which notes are detached and which are legato.

      3. Play softly

      4. Go slowly

  3. 💚FOUR STAR Level 1:

    1. PREPARE Set 6

  4. 🖤Ecossaise in G Major by LV Beethoven (L. 2, A)

  5. 🖤Farewell op. 98 no 4 by Aleksandr Grechaninov (L. 2, B)

  6. 🖤Atacama Desert by Wynn-Anne Rossi (L. 2, B)

    1. Prepare Set 6

REVIEW

💚Review once a week with your music. You don’t need to review all of them in ONE practice session - just one PER WEEK.

  1. 💚Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

  2. 💚Canon by Carlton Elliott

  3. 💚Early One Morning (Level 1, B)

  4. 💚Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

  5. 💚Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

  6. 💚💚Sleigh Bells by Christine Donkin (b. 1976) (L. A)

  7. 💚💚What’s That Noise? B by Martha Mier (b. 1936) (L. A)

  8. 💚💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

  9. 💚💚To Fly Like and Eagle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. B)

  10. 💜💚💚The Haunted Mouse by Nancy and Randall Faber (b. 1955; 1954)(L. A)

  11. 💚💚The Lively Boy by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813)(L. A)

RCMCP: May 29, 2024, 3:00 pm

  1. List A: Bourrée in D Minor

  2. List B: Early One Morning

  3. List C: Canon

  4. Etude: Celebration

June 9, 2024

  1. 💚Theory Level 1 Unit 5 “Scales”

    1. Finish the entire unit!

  2. 💚Minuet was n G Major by JS Bach (L. 2, A)

  3. Follow the three practice videos INSIDE NEWZIK!

  4. 🖤Ecossaise in G Major by LV Beethoven (L. 2, A)

  5. 🖤Farewell op. 98 no 4 by Aleksandr Grechaninov (L. 2, B)

  6. 🖤Atacama Desert by Wynn-Anne Rossi (L. 2, B)

  7. 🖤FOUR STAR Level 1:

    1. Prepare Set 6

  8. 🖤“SIGHTREADING 00 46-61”

    1. Do one “Day” for each practice session.

    2. Continue on from page 7

  9. 🖤“RCM Technical Requirements Level 01”

  1. Chords: Triads broken and solid: See your music for the purple highlights.

  2. Two octave scales

    1. Prepare E harmonic minor and F Major

    2. Please practice theses slowly and make sure you can remember where finger 4 goes in each hand.

REVIEW

💚Review once a week with your music. You don’t need to review all of them in ONE practice session - just one PER WEEK.

  1. 💚Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

  2. 💚Canon by Carlton Elliott

  3. 💚Early One Morning (Level 1, B)

  4. 💚Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

  5. 💚Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

  6. 💚💚Sleigh Bells by Christine Donkin (b. 1976) (L. A)

  7. 💚💚What’s That Noise? B by Martha Mier (b. 1936) (L. A)

  8. 💚💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

  9. 💚💚To Fly Like and Eagle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. B)

  10. 💜💚💚The Haunted Mouse by Nancy and Randall Faber (b. 1955; 1954)(L. A)

  11. 💚💚The Lively Boy by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813)(L. A)

RCMCP: May 29, 2024, 3:00 pm

  1. List A: Bourrée in D Minor

  2. List B: Early One Morning

  3. List C: Canon

  4. Etude: Celebration

April 25, May 2-29, 2024

RCMCP: May 29, 2024, 3:00 pm

  1. List A: Bourrée in D Minor

  2. List B: Early One Morning

  3. List C: Canon

  4. Etude: Celebration

Final Recital Repertoire: MAY 19th 1 pm or 3 pm

  1. Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

  2. Canon List C

  3. Early One Morning

  4. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

  5. 🖤FOUR STAR Level 1:

    1. Prepare Set 6

  6. 💚Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

    1. Do all of the “spot” three times correctly each practice session, RH, LH alone, then HT.

    2. Then play the entire piece through, three times.

  7. 💚Canon by Carlton Elliott

    1. Do all of the “spot” three times correctly each practice session, RH, LH alone, then HT.

    2. Then play the entire piece through, three times.

  8. 💚Early One Morning (Level 1, B)

    1. Do all of the “spot” three times correctly each practice session, RH, LH alone, then HT.

    2. Then play the entire piece through, three times.

  9. 💚Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

    1. Practice starting from any measure of the piece, five different places each practice session

    2. Play the entire piece through three times.

  10. 💚Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

  1. Review ONCE A WEEK with your music.

  2. 🖤Theory Level 1 Unit 5 “Scales”

    1. Fix the yellow pen on pages 1-6

  3. 🖤“SIGHTREADING 00 46-61”

    1. Do one “Day” for each practice session.

    2. Continue on from page 7

  4. 🖤“RCM Technical Requirements Level 01”

  1. Chords: Triads broken and solid: See your music for the purple highlights.

  2. Two octave scales

    1. Prepare E harmonic minor and F Major

    2. Please practice theses slowly and make sure you can remember where finger 4 goes in each hand.

REVIEW

💚Review once a week with your music. You don’t need to review all of them in ONE practice session - just one PER WEEK.

  1. 💚Ukrainian Folk Song op. 107, no. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 1, A)

  2. 💚💚Sleigh Bells by Christine Donkin (b. 1976) (L. A)

  3. 💚💚What’s That Noise? B by Martha Mier (b. 1936) (L. A)

  4. 💚💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

  5. 💚💚To Fly Like and Eagle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. B)

  6. 💜💚💚The Haunted Mouse by Nancy and Randall Faber (b. 1955; 1954)(L. A)

  7. 💚💚The Lively Boy by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813)(L. A)

April 18, 2024

RCMCP: May 29, 2024, 3:50 pm

  1. List A: Bourrée in D Minor

  2. List B: Early One Morning

  3. List C: Canon

  4. Etude: Celebration

Final Recital Repertoire: MAY 19th 1 pm or 3 pm

  1. Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

  2. Canon List C

  3. Early One Morning

  4. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

  1. 💚FOUR STAR Level 1:

    1. Prepare Set 5

  2. 💚Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

    1. FOR EACH PRACTICE SESSION:

      1. Measures 1-8, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      2. Measures 9-12, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      3. Measures 13-16, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      4. Entire Piece: 2 Times thought.

  3. 💚Canon by Carlton Elliott

    1. FOR EACH PRACTICE SESSION::

      1. One phrase (slur) at a time, hands alone (3 times each for each part of NFRPE). Then hands together, also 3 times each.

      2. At least to measure 5 for next lesson.

  4. 💚Early One Morning (Level 1, B)

    1. PRACTICE

      1. Measures 1-4, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      2. Measures 5-8, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      3. Measures 9-12, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      4. Measures 13-16, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

  5. 💚Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

    1. Review ONCE A WEEK with your music.

  6. 💚Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

    1. Practice starting from any measure (get a steady beat in your mind first, then play on for three measures)

    2. Turn on m.m. 88 and play through the piece with the metronome.

  7. 💜Theory Level 1 Unit 5 “Scales”

    1. Fix the yellow pen on pages 1-6

  8. 💜“SIGHTREADING 00 46-61”

    1. Do one “Day” for each practice session.

    2. Continue on from page 7

  9. 💚“RCM Technical Requirements Level 01”

  1. Chords: Triads broken and solid: See your music for the purple highlights.

  2. Two octave scales

    1. Prepare E harmonic minor and F Major

    2. Please practice theses slowly and make sure you can remember where finger 4 goes in each hand.

REVIEW

💚Review once a week with your music. You don’t need to review all of them in ONE practice session - just one PER WEEK.

  1. 💚Ukrainian Folk Song op. 107, no. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 1, A)

  2. 💚💚Sleigh Bells by Christine Donkin (b. 1976) (L. A)

  3. 💚💚What’s That Noise? B by Martha Mier (b. 1936) (L. A)

  4. 💚💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

  5. 💚💚To Fly Like and Eagle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. B)

  6. 💜💚💚The Haunted Mouse by Nancy and Randall Faber (b. 1955; 1954)(L. A)

  7. 💚💚The Lively Boy by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813)(L. A)

March 28 & April 11, 2024 (60 min)

Final Recital Repertoire: MAY 19th 1 pm or 3 pm

  1. Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

  2. Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

  3. Early One Morning

  4. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

  1. 💚FOUR STAR Level 1:

    1. Prepare Set 5

  2. 💚Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

    1. PRACTICE:

      1. Measures 1-4, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      2. Measures 5-8, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      3. Measures 9-12, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      4. Measures 13-16, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

  3. 💚Early One Morning

    1. PRACTICE

      1. Measures 1-4, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      2. Measures 5-8, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      3. Measures 9-12, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      4. Measures 13-16, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

  4. 💚Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

    1. CHUNKS OF 4 MEASURES: hands alone, then together with lots of repetition.

  5. 💜Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

    1. Practice starting from any measure (get a steady beat in your mind first, then play on for three measures)

    2. Turn on m.m. 88 and play through the piece with the metronome.

  6. 💜Theory Level 1 Unit 5 “Scales”

    1. Fix the yellow pen on pages 1-6

  7. 💜“SIGHTREADING 00 46-61”

    1. Do one “Day” for each practice session.

    2. Continue on from page 7

  8. 💜“RCM Technical Requirements Level 01”

  1. Two octave scales

    1. Prepare E harmonic minor and F Major

    2. Please practice theses slowly and make sure you can remember where finger 4 goes in each hand.

REVIEW

💚Review once a week with your music. You don’t need to review all of them in ONE practice session - just one PER WEEK.

  1. 💚Ukrainian Folk Song op. 107, no. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 1, A)

  2. 💚💚Sleigh Bells by Christine Donkin (b. 1976) (L. A)

  3. 💚💚What’s That Noise? B by Martha Mier (b. 1936) (L. A)

  4. 💚💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

  5. 💚💚To Fly Like and Eagle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. B)

  6. 💜💚💚The Haunted Mouse by Nancy and Randall Faber (b. 1955; 1954)(L. A)

  7. 💚💚The Lively Boy by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813)(L. A)

February 29 & March 7 & 14, 2024

  1. 💚FOUR STAR Level 1

    1. Prepare Set 4

  2. 💚Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

    1. 2-3 beats at a time, practice hands together with the correct wrist movements and expression, 3 times in-a-row correctly.

    2. Then dove-tale (overlap the chunks of 2-3 beats) each section together until you can play measures 1-8.

    3. you should be able to do this over 3-4 practice sessions, so make small goals.

  3. 💚Early One Morning

    1. Search for “Early One Morning” on Spotify and make sure the songs say “traditional” in the credits somewhere. Listen away and find your top three favorites. Let me know what they are!

    2. Learn hands alone, 1-2 measures at a time, with NFPER. No more than 8 measures.

  4. 💚Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

    1. Please keep your wrists up, especially when you play longer notes.

    2. Continue to learn this piece! Can you finish the entire piece by next week??? 🥳

    3. Remember that pedal is part of expression, but practice the dynamics and pedaling separately first, then together.

  5. 💚Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

    1. Practice starting from any measure (get a steady beat in your mind first, then play on for three measures)

    2. Turn on m.m. 88 and play through the piece with the metronome.

  6. 💜Theory Level 1 Unit 5 “Scales”

    1. Complete pages 1-6

  7. 💚“SIGHTREADING 00 46-61”

    1. Do one “Day” for each practice session.

    2. Continue on from page 7

  8. 💚“RCM Technical Requirements Level 01”

  1. Two octave scales

    1. See your PDF for the green highlights / instructions. Remember that these are two octave scales.

REVIEW

💚Review once a week with your music. You don’t need to review all of them in ONE practice session - just one PER WEEK.

  1. 💚Ukrainian Folk Song op. 107, no. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 1, A)

  2. 💚💚Sleigh Bells by Christine Donkin (b. 1976) (L. A)

  3. 💚💚What’s That Noise? B by Martha Mier (b. 1936) (L. A)

  4. 💚💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

  5. 💚💚To Fly Like and Eagle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. B)

  6. 💜💚💚The Haunted Mouse by Nancy and Randall Faber (b. 1955; 1954)(L. A)

  7. 💚💚The Lively Boy by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813)(L. A)

February 20, 2024

  1. 💚FOUR STAR Level 1

    1. Prepare Review Set 1

  2. 💛Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

    1. Hands Together: “SLOW AS A SNAIL”

      1. MEASURES 9 TO THE END. ONE MEASURE AT A TIME. THREE TIMES IN-A-ROW CORRECTLY.

  3. 💜Early One Morning

  4. 💜Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

    1. Dustin will bring book

  5. 💚Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

    1. Practice starting from any measure

    2. Turn on m.m. 88 and play through the piece with the metronome.

    3. MEASURES 14 AND 16 - FORWARD WRISTS AFTER EACH CHORD.

    4. SHOULDERS BACK AND DOWN, CHEST OUT.

  6. 💚Theory Level 1 Unit 3

    1. Complete page 9

  7. 💚“SIGHTREADING 00 46-61”

    1. Do one “Day” for each practice session.

  8. 💛In Newzik: “RCM Technical Requirements Level 01”

  1. Two octave scales

    1. Prepare C Major and A natural minor.

February 8, 2024

  1. 💚FOUR STAR Level 1

    1. Prepare Review Set 1

  2. 💚Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

    1. For measures 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-End, HANDS ALONE

      1. Set metronome to m.m. 50 per quarter note.

      2. Focus on wrist movements and gradually increase your speed by only a few numbers at a time.

      3. Your final goal for this week is m.m. 104 per quarter note.

  3. 💜New Piece Next Week! Level 1, B

    1. Dustin will bring book

  4. 💚Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

    1. Practice starting from any measure

    2. Turn on m.m. 88 and play through the piece with the metronome.

  5. 💚Theory Level 1 Unit 3

    1. Complete page 9

  6. 💚“SIGHTREADING 00 46-61”

  7. 💚In Newzik: “TECHNIQUE Prep A and B”

  1. G and C-major One-Octave Scale, RH & LH

    1. Practice saying out loud: “G major is the scale of one sharp - F-sharp.”

  2. A minor, RH and LH

  3. C MAJOR CONTRARY MOTION!

  4. C major Tonic Triads: Practice blocked first, RH and LH

    1. Straight back

    2. Curved 1st knuckles

    3. Memorize the formula for minor.